Improvement in plows



W. H. WILSON.

Plow.

No. 23,636. Patented Apr. 12, 1859.

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W. H. wnzson, OF- SUMMERFIELD, OHIO.

lM PROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,636, dated April 12, 1859. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WM. H. WILSON, of Summerfield, Noble county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flows; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the plow in working order. Fig. 2 is a front view of the subsoil mold-board.

B is a beam four feet four inches long.

H H are the handles, three feet nine inches long.

5 is the stem or upright beam, two feet eight inches long, to which the mold-board is bolted.

(J is a colter, fourteen inches long or high from base to bottom of the beam.

W W are the subsoil-wings, which run flat on the ground, at the edges ten inches long, but raised in the center.

M M is the mold-board, fourteen inches wide.

A is the bracerunningfrom the colter through the stem, with a nut on the end, by which the colter is tightened.

This plow may be regulated by a olevis to run any depth required.

The gradual rise of the wings and shape of the mold-board combined give this plow great advantage over other plows for the same purpose. It lifts the soil and mellows it, leaving 

